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End of Program Dinner
Wednesday night we all gathered at The Captain’s Table at the Flying Enterprise to eat, drink, and be merry.
The food was delicious, the company was delightful, and the whole time divine!
We got a chance to chat with fellow students outside of studying, with professors outside of class and just have a good time.
Plus, they had sticky toffy pudding which was absolutely amazing.
Well, today is our first final. It’s in EU Legal and Political Overview–a subject that before coming here I knew very little about. I’m a bit nervous, but I (and everyone here) has been studying so hopefully it won’t be that bad.
After that the local bar association has invited us to their annual solicitors v. barristers cricket match! I don’t know much about cricket, but it sounds like fun.
Before, I think anymore about cricket though I’m studying.
UCC Main Quad
Last night the local bar association held a little get together for all of the eLSI student.
It was fun for several reasons: first, it was in a gorgeous room off the main quad that had ancient books and felt (and likely had) been there a hundred years with little change to it; second, it was nice to chat with the various professor, Judges, and local barristers; and three, it was just fun to get to know the other students outside of class!
Side note: Remember how I mentioned all barristers wear wigs? Well, at this little shindig I found out that the wigs are custom made and apparently are ordered from one place in England. I love finding out little random facts.
University College Cork
I’ll admit that I didn’t really know a lot about the place that eLSI was taking place at prior to arriving in Cork. But University College Cork (UCC) is actually quite a big school–there are over 15,000 students!
Other fun facts about UCC:
Kind of neat to have all that at the same school that I’m taking classes at.
I’ll admit it felt like the first day of school today–even though I know a good number of the people here. But a new town, a new University, all new classes and my new notebook decidedly had that whole “first day” feel. Because of that I got up extra early and got to school extra, extra earlier (even though I had done a dry run of the walk to the building yesterday I was still, irrationally, worried I would get lost).
I had nothing to be worried about.
So far the faculty seem really nice and the course material is very interesting. We even got to talk about seals and the statutes of frauds as they apply to electronic signatures today! As crazy as it sounds, I’ve always had a soft spot for the statute of frauds and sealed contracts. Maybe, if electronic signatures truly catch one the sealed contract can make a come back–that would just be amazing (it’s still a legal consideration equivalent or similar in 13 US jurisdictions*). After all, some of the reasons the seal fell out of use (ease of forgery and lack of distinct seals) would be gone with an electronic signature as seal.
*Curious about which 13 jurisdictions still hold a seal as a valid consideration equivalent or as a valid consideration equivalent when combined with nominal consideration? Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
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